Swinging stacker.



' Jo'uN A. PAnKInson; on Rock vALLnY, IOWA.L

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srncrrrcn'rronrdmin part of LettersP atent No. 629,301, are; July is, 18.99. Application filed December 24, 1895. Serial No.700,243. (No model.) I

To all L via/ m it mid/y concern.- Be it known that I; JOHN A. PARKINSON, a

citizen'of the United States, residing at Rock Valley, in the county of Sioux and State of Iowa, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Swinging Stackers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto improvements in swinging stackers, and particularly to the operative connectionwith the separator, and has I for one of its objects to provide a means of operating said stackers from the separator which will adapt itself automatically to the different relative positions of the separator and swinging stacker due to the inequalities of the ground or change of position by the separator and which is automatically disconnected from the separator when the swinging stacker is disconnected from the sepa rator. v I i ,Another object of my invention is to pro vide a means of preventing the swinging stacker from creeping up on the separator and disarranging the means of operation, as frequently happens now. v

Another'object' of any invention is to provide a means of-operating the swinging stacker which dispenses with belts, saving ,-cost.

' I vide' ameans whereby the distance between Another object of my "invention is to. pro

p the stacker and separatoris always thesamer These objects I accomplish in the manner 1 and by the means hereinafter more fully de- ,in theclaims, referencebeing had to'the acscribed ind ct-ail, and particularly pointed out" companying drawingsg-iniwhich like refermoved. Fig. 2 isafside elevation ofsame, showing part off-separator and stacker. Fig'. 7 3is adetail view of knuckle joint, sleeve, and

ence-letters indicate like parts in all the 'nres. 1 Q

Figure 1 is atop plan view of myinventionwithupper partot separator and stacker re socket,

Iii-the, foregoing figuresthe parts consti tuting my invention are greatly enlarged relative'to-theadjoiningparts,which are merely 7 indicated in orderthe better to showmyinventioni A represents the rea partof the side name of an ordinary separator; 13, therear axle of the separator; O, a cross-piece connecting the rear ends of side pieces A and securely fastened to such ends, and 11a swinging stacker of ordinary construction carried by four wheels. I i

In my invention an arm E,'of suitable ma terial, has one end securely fastened to the center of the rear axle B of the separator. The arm E extends toward the rear and is firmly bolted to the cross-piece C. The free end of the arm E is adapted to receive the end of the tongue F of the swinging stacker D, said tongue F being secured to said arm loosely by a pin f. Said connection is loose enough to permitfree play to the tongue 'F.

A short shaft G is journaled in bearings .H, placed on the arm E and provided intermediate said bearings H with a pulley I, adapted to be connectedby a belt with a pulley on the side of the separator. On the rear end of the shaft G is a knuckle-joint J, having toward the rear'a sleeve K, with a-square socket k in its end. A tumbling-rodL, having a square endand adapted to fit in the socket it, passes loosely through a bearing secured midway the tongue-F of the swinging stacker D. The

just over the king-bolt of therunning-gear of drivin g-shaft M of the swinging stackervD of .turn-table is placed so that its outer end is the swinging stacker D. A knuckle-join'tNo I Y I connects the outer end of the shaftM andthe rear end ofthe tumbling-rodL, By this arrangernent it will be seen that whilethe operating mechanism both onthe-separator and theswinging stacker is fixed and stationarythe tumbling-rod L and its connecting kn uckle-j oints J and N allow the. relative po- *sitiojns of the-separator and swingingstacker. toward each other to be changed at Will,' even to separating them when desired, as the front vendof the tumbling-rod L, not being secured in the socketk, slips out when the tongue F ofthe swinging stacker D is released from the separator.

1 g ing thus-described myinvention, what I claim as new,.and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is o .1, In connection with the operatingmechanism of a swinging stacker, a-tumbling-rod 'inthe same vertical plane and parallel with the. draft connection" of the swinging stacker and separator said ,rod having one end squared, a knuckle-joint connecting the other end of said rod to theoperative mechanism, a sleeve having a socket adapted to receive the squared end of said rod, and a knuckle-joint connecting-said sleeve to the driving mechanism, substantially as shown and described.

2. In connection with the operating mechanism of a swinging stacker, a tumbling-rod in the same vertical plane with and parallel with-the draft connection between the swinging stacker and separator, a knuckle-joint connecting the rear end of said rod and the operating-shaft of said stacker,ashaft mounted on the rear part of the separator-frame and provided with a pulley adapted to be driven by a belt and a knuckle-joint attached to said last-mentioned shaft and adapted to receive theforward end of said rod substantially as shown and described.

In connection with the operating mechanism of a swinging stacker,.a tumbling-rod having its forward end squared, said rod extending above the tongue of the swinging stackerand passing loosely through a bearing fixed on said tongue, at knuckle-joint connecting said rod with the operating-shaft of the swinging stacker, a shaft mounted on the rear part of the separatorframe and provided with a pulley adapted to be driven by a belt, a knuckle-joint attached to said last-mentioned shaft, and a sleeve fixed to said joint and pro- 

